Clannad’s Storyline Explained

As for myself, i thoroughly enjoyed the anime (I haven't watched the visual novel completely yet).

Anyways, I would've liked even more if it didn't have all that supernatural stuff (and no fuko), it would've been way better, in my view anyways.

Lol @ Time Travel. Obviously some people didn't get the storyline.
Remember the Super String theory? Remember Kotomi's fucking arc? Remember how Ryou says that there are many alternate realities out there? Tomoya just jumped to another one where his wife and daughter doesn't die, all the while saying "Good Bye fucking sadistic world."

It's like Higurashi, except less gore and no killer lolis. lol time travel lol

Thanks for the chart. I'm missing in the middle. >.<

Fuuuuck, so many KEY haters in this topic. I don't give a shit though, i watched it and loved it until the last episode confused the shit out of me.

CLANNAD = STUPID PARANOIA

I don't know why i watched the series... ahh, ooh wait.. maybe for the anime characters? bahh that's all.

Another nonsense japanese anime with a stupid story which only japanese ppl can understand.

lack of story like first person shooters..

People sure go out of their way to post their hate comments on Clannad don't they? And they do it in a manner as if they've published a better story and attracted as many fans as Key has.

I enjoyed how After Story turned out. It was one of those scenes that plays on emotional moments so well that people can look past rationality and consistency and still enjoy it.

1. Clannad and after Story are FTW
2. After Story's ending is pretty bad for me
3. Key is badass VN maker, but i'm glad they did.
4. hope now for Little Busters! anime or Tomoyo After OVA.

5. *throw salt to troll*

lol @ Kyou route :D

Clannad is ultimate win. I haven't experienced anything until I experienced Clannad.

and i dunno clannad actually is time travelling story >_> .and actually the sad end in movie is fixed into good ending

@1 tomoyo and nagisa !?
@3 tomoyo and tomoyo !?

tomoyoooo my love

Fucking Keymo.

To Marine-RX179:
> I never said I was superior just because I am not that emotionally attached to the anime. Yeah I was moved by the story and I was really entertained. And I almost read all your comments before I replied. All you talk is how REALLY confused you are with the ending and how really emotionally to were touched. geez that is sooooo boring. Some asked for it already and it was already answered tsk why ask again and discuss it over an over. You clannad fanboys has no mind of your own that you can't make up your own judgment? Anyway, it was always been my favorite to argue with clannad fanboys. the most favorite was in FAKKU where we get to vote on a MOTEMOTE characters battle. It was really funny how clannad fanboys raged and cried when tomoyo lost againts a rosario+vampire vampire Moka.

In two word, it was because of the light orbs (that he collected after helping others) that the miracle happened and a time travelling was made. Hmmmm. That explaings everything. It wasn't need the game's scenario at the diagram to understand the plot.

The anime perfectly retold the story that the VN had. Its not like they purposely fixed the ending to save Nagisa with some miracles and shit.

LOL Key

The Bible effect...someone dies = a miracle happens

First I was like, I wish Key had never existed, then the world would have less overly-melodramatic soap opera nonsense for emo teens with traumatic upbringings to watch in between cutting sessions.

Then I was like, wait, but then I'd never have been able to watch...

...

I thought about it for a minute, and I couldn't think of a single thing Key has done that I'd give a damn about if it were gone.

Therefore: burn, Key, burn.

"possession of several light orbs"

And I thought people on this site were joking when they mentioned Tomoya gathering Dragon balls to save Nagisa.

Wow... Clannad's ending is causing probably as much controversy as School Days -__-'
I personally really liked the series (whereas I HATED School Days) and I don't find the need to bash on the ending or any part of it.
I thought the ending was pretty much.... predictable? Clannad always had that magically feeling tied to it (especially with the alternative universe) so even if it wasn't "time travel", Tomoya could've just went to another identical world where Nagisa lives ^^
So... I'm pretty satisfied with how it ended up and I really recommend =) Although I loved Kyou and I wish they could've expanded more on her character T___T

I don't understand this timeline crap, anyway...

This is handy indeed, for I must now watch all the episodes

idk wit you but my thoughts:

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i think people find the ending confusing because they think that ushio and the girl in the other world are exactly the same person.

i think otherwise, i think the girl is just ushio's counterpart in that world the same way the garbage doll is to tomoya but they are not the same entities. if you remember the concept of kotomi's parents there exists many worlds and there can be some connection between these worlds but i doubt the same entity can exist in both

a lot of people were waiting like when is ushio gonna die and become that girl? when the girl "died" we were confused coz were trying to find where it goes to that, but the thing is that girl only had an awareness of ushio and tomoya the same way tomoya had an awareness of the girl and the garbage doll, knowing that the garbage doll can have a connection with his real world counterpart, and knowing that tomoya had an awareness of the garbage doll's experiences in the other world, she only did what was needed to relay the message of hope to tomoya

but im really sure that time did turn back in the ending, using the power of the light orbs to grant a miracle

so my conclusion:

there is only 1 timeline is terms of how many real worlds exists, i doubt there is another real world which tomoya's consciousness suddenly just gets transported to where nagisa is alive and the other one is where she is dead, there is only 1 real world

there are 2 dimesions, the real world and the imaginary world, ushio is the counterpart of the girl as tomoya is to the garbage doll but they are not the same entities

in that one real world timeline, time was turned back and events were changed in terms of nagisa surviving her delivery

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well just my 2 cents, ill be leaving these to the "experts"

I disagree with the posted Timeline as it doesn't make sense with the anime presentation.

Here is my own timeline

Timeline 1 (never shown)
Nagisa and Tomoya get together but Tomoya doesn't help out anyone and Nagisa dies, Ushio dies later. Tomoya is transported back in time to the "Hill";

Timeline 2 (start time "Hill")
Nagisa and Tomoya get together and he helps out people but Nagisa dies because he doesn't have enough orbs (but gets more later on). Fuko meets Ushio via Tomoya. Ushio later dies. Tomoya dies as well but is transported back in time to when Nagisa is in labor (in Timeline 2, both Nagisa and Tomoya seem to have memories of or are connect to a parallel world where Ushio exists in some alternate form)

Timeline 3 (start time "Nagisa in labor")
Tomoya has enough orbs and is able to prevent Nagisa from dying. Ushio lives a healthy life. Fuko meets Ushio in the forest. Tomoya, Fuko, Ushio and Nagisa have a picnic in the forest.

I disagree with the original posted timeline since if the after events when Nagisa died were actually part of the first Timeline1 then why do they continually reference people who would have been involved in the Drama Club? (which couldn't have happened if Tomoya wasn't helping them out as Timeline1 states).

then what its the order for watch properly the anime?

Timeline 1: Misae Route
Timeline 2: Tomoyo Route
Timeline 3: Yukine Route
Timeline 4: Kyou Route
Timeline 5: Kappei Route
Timeline 6: Sunohara Route
Timeline 7: Kotomi Route
Timeline 8: Fuuko Route
Timeline 9: Koumura Route
Timeline 10: Nagisa Route, Sanae arc, Yoshino arc, Ushio Route
Timeline 11: Akio Route
Timeline 12: As Tomoya has helped so many people in parallel worlds, the city performs a miracle and uses Tomoya's orbs to make Nagisa survive. True end.
Timeline 13: Baseball route \o/
Timeline 14: KyoAni makes an anime adaptation and tries to fit ten/eleven timelines into a single consistent story (not sure if they integrated Koumura's small route. They left out the whole character Kappei, so at least that one is gone).

None of the Tomoyas know each other. The city sees everything. KyoAni tries to put inconsistent storylines together.

*reads the comments halfway or so* Well, I like this anime, it depends on ones opinion of what's good. I like the ending too. It's not perfect, but it's got a permanent place in my brain. Heck, I even cried, so that's proof I like it.

God I love this anime. The first season but cute but mediocre. "After Story," however, blow me away.

The enormous spoonfeeding from the last anime episode wasn't enough?

phew!! avoided spoilers after i open the diagram, I haven't finish after story...

Clannad = flame wars

Yes this diagram does clear some things up. Finished After story couple of hours ago and I'm pretty happy with the ending. Cheers for Clannad and it's funny/sad/and enjoyable moment's.

Wow, the ending was much better than I expected and am indeed glad that we got a happy end. Some of the things that were interesting to note was that:

SPOILERS

- Ushio was the girl in the first opening running though the sunflower field.

- They brought back the light orbs and supernatural aspect back into the story.

End of SPOILERS

Overall, great Anime and definitely worth the watch. Though it is kinda sad at times and will force you to reexamine your life, especially when you are still in school and sucking at most things...

clannad is a grreat anime

lol drama + minfuck + BAWWWWW

The ending sucked. They should have left it at "Tomoya learns through the hardships that family is the most important thing in life" and "he's been selfish but finally realizes, thanks to all the ppl he met, how his father sacrificed everything to raise him and how happy he was with Nagisa and now Ushio"

Firstly, a big unapologetic FUCK YOU to all those anons who come here bashing for the sake of bashing. Don't you have anything better to do than sit there on your fucking ivory tower of lolicon animes and acting all so smart?

Sure, the ending is confusing, but seriously, these Illusionary World segments have been around since episode 1, you should have seen it coming, where the ending will involve the supernatural.

this is more confusing than watching A Girl Who Leap Through Time.Have to re-watch the time that i watched Clannad.

Wow, this is stupid.

Clannad is EPIC! if you have not seen it I'd advise you to Every episode is epic! You will laugh yow WILL cry, its just to epic for life.

Awesome! I just spoiled the ending for Tomoyo After for myself!

I really didn't expect this diagram to bring up spoilers for that shit T_T

a typical Key/Visual Art ending

someone dies -> miracle happens

You do realize this anime was based off a VN right? Non-ero VN mostly... in other words, you'd only play it for the storyline so you can cry like a little bitch. Once you're done with a specific route (get the 300hr guide) you receive a light orb that's displayed on the title screen.

Get all the lights, unlock the true/happy end, mind gets blown. Though they didn't animate the route where sunohara gets confused and almost turns gay... have to hope they turn that into an OVA.

complicated much? :x

Once again, I'm glad I avoided all this nonsense.

The 'last' episode was really bad... =/

the last episode of after story was indeed pretty descent to say the least..
i know that there are a lot of questions that needs to be answered like the robot who was actually tomoya and the girl is in fact ushio etc.. but i didnt care anymore a long as ushio and nagisa lives then damn screw it just keep them that way and dont kill em no more!

I did not expect time travel at all... It does connect things together but why introduce it?

Did anyone watch the movie Primer? The movie specifically dealt with time travel and was so confusing it needed its own time travel chart. Clannad's eerily looks like it.

http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/08/22/primer-the-movie/

I'm not against Clannad though. The series is still spectacular and there were moments i wanted to shed man tears.

The end was so bad, it destroyed the whole story...